Recent content by martiangirl

You may be right in your assessment. But he can keep his ego intact :)

I have some good news at last. The council inspector did pass it by his legal department and they decided not to take it any further as the change of use cannot be subject to enforcement now. Bizarrely he was quoting section 10 and was still saying that the 4 year rule didn't apply ..I am...

I am not counting my chickens yet,,it will depend on how the council interprets the law.

I ve spend most part of the day researching planning laws and came across this blog written by a solicitor specialising in planning law. It has answered several of my questions. Other readers here may also find it useful ...

thanks toni1851, I shall look out for PCN if they decide t go ahead with it all, as you say they may think twice.

I ve been reading legal guidance pages in respect of planning matters issued by the government and it mentioned the following in section 2.22 : "When serving enforcement notices, the LPA should ensure that any known mortgagees are served with a copy. In cases where the owner of the land is a...

this is interesting!.. "remember it's not an offence not to apply for planning permission). If the planning dept. don't like something, it's up to them to take action and get the evidence themselves. " I didn't realise the onus was on the council to show the use is not lawful. In my case I...

I am not sure about it as evidence though, I ve been claiming a rent a room allowance so it may be construed as being part of the household. I do have rent book receipt and 4 signed tenancy agreements ( I cant find the other 3 but have a leaving notice and written notes about late payment )...

I have no worry about income tax,,all income has been declared for years

Tony1851 I think he was a planning officer as the note n the door was from the Planning department. He called me later today to say he needs to run it pass their legal team as you suggested they need to. We talked further about my case and I told him that my son turned 18 in 2003 and he...

freddymercurystwin, thank you. I have actually showed him the relevant page on my laptop but he was still adamant he was right about 10 year change of use rule. Toni1851, I think you ve highlighted a good point- he was referring to change of use so he must be considering renting it out as a...

The inspector from the Council just left. he was adamant that I needed to have had the house rented out for minimum of 10 years to qualify for continuous use dispensation. I told him he was wrong and he said I was advised wrongly and he will come back to confirm... In the planning portal it...

that's really helpful,thank you. I wont take any action yet but will need to decide if I ultimately I want to go ahead with obtaining LDC to enable me to continue to rent it out based on the 4 year use to date precedent. I shall need to consider if they are likely to make me pay separate...

They will have to serve me with enforcement notice I imagine as council needs to tick their boxes but why did you say that I wont need to do anything afterwards?

Its the guy from planning that's coming. I ve got tenants there though so I its pretty messy. I imagine they wont want to conitinue renting with this thing hanging over them.